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Coccolithus
About: Coccolithus is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 66 publications have been published within this topic receiving 2577 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors found that living species of Coccolithophoridae have slightly broader distributional ranges than those preserved in oceanic sediments, attributed to rapid warming of the Atlantic since the last glacial age.
542 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the middle Eocene-Oligocene calcareous nannoplankton for eight DSDP and ODP sites ranging from the equatorial zone to 65°S latitude in the South Atlantic Ocean.
209 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the same authors used ordinary transmitted light and phase contrast illumination for general investigation, and observation of the forms between crossed polarizers and electron microscopy of carbon replicas for determination of structure.
Abstract: Well-preserved assemblages of calcareous nannofossils are found in Paleocene-early Eocene pelagic sediments on the north flank of the Pyrenees south of Pau, Basses Pyrenees, France. Nearly continuous exposures through the Paleocene strata at Pont Labau provide a reference section for correlation with other localities in Europe and the Americas. Forty-four species belonging to 21 genera are described in detail, using ordinary transmitted light and phase contrast illumination for general investigation, and observation of the forms between crossed polarizers and electron microscopy of carbon replicas for determination of structure. The following new families are proposed: Prinsiaceae, Heliolithaceae, Zygodiscaceae, and Fasciculithaceae. The family Coccolithaceae Kamptner, 1928, is emended. A new subfamily, Cyclococcolithoideae, is proposed, and the subfamily Coccolithoideae Kamptner, 1928, is emended. The following new genera are recognized: Conococcolithus Prinsius, and Toweius, and the following eight new species are described: Coccolithus cavus, C. apomenmoneumus, Conococcolithus minutus, Toweius craticulus, Ericsonia subpertusa, Scapholithus apertus, S. rhombiformis, and Fasciculithus schaubi.
137 citations
TL;DR: The response of calcareous nannoplankton to abrupt warming across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary as mentioned in this paper reflected a primary response to climatically induced parameters including increased continental runoff of fresh-water, global acidification of seawater, high sedimentation rates, and calcaous nanna assemblage turnover.
135 citations
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